Seven NFL-related things for which I give thanks in 2009

7. Thanksgiving football. No disrespect to the Pilgrims and Native Americans who sat down back in the day to share roasted turnips, but let's not kid ourselves: For all practical purposes, modern-day Thanksgiving is more about professional football than it is any symbolic gesture of shared face-stuffing. The NFL has claimed Thanksgiving as its own. What this means, NFL fans, is that not only is Super Bowl Sunday a holiday in itself, but we've also pretty much taken over Thanksgiving, so we've got two major national holidays where we are actually expected to watch football. Yeah. Be jealous, fans of any other sport in the world. 6. " The League" on FX. From what I understand, "The League" is being drubbed in the ratings by infomercials for giant cupcake makers, and that's a shame. It's a funny show. It's not re-writing television history or anything, but it's funny, it's filthy and it revolves around fantasy football. Wh...